The Rise Of A Porter

The gods continued to fight like wild beasts, no, comparing them to wild beasts would be disrespectful to them. It was more as if the two of them were the last living beings in the universe around them, fighting to be the one on the top. 

However, none of them was ready to back down. Even so, Arnold was in a much better position than Thor was. Unlike the raging god of thunder, Arnold was not making any unnecessary moves. Even his slightest moves had an objective to fulfil. 

Unlike Thor who had gone crazy. His relentless attacks had turned barbaric as he kept bashing Arnold with all his might. It appeared as if Thor was trying to overwhelm Arnold's precision with sheer strength. 

But even after doing all that, the mighty Mjolnir wasn't able to put a single crack on Arnold's armour. Thor was slowly but surely, tiring out. The adrenaline that had been pumping him to put more and more into fighting Arnold had started to take a toll on his body. 

But it wasn't all that one-sided as it appeared to be. There might not be any cracks on the armour, but Arnold was still suffering through some damage. Some of that lightning was getting through his armour and causing him tingling pain. 

This was the reason why Arnold was not making any unnecessary movements because well, his body was slowly getting numb. At the same time, his strength was also being siphoned off thanks to the numbness.

Not to mention, his movement was getting sloppier. He could not completely dodge Thor's attacks anymore and was forced to parry them. As a result, he suffered through more and more shocks. It was slowly turning into an endless cycle that could even lead to his defeat.

'Looks like we both ended up underestimating each other.' Arnold thought to himself as he parried yet another thunderous blow, 'Enough playing. Time to get serious.'

Arnold needed time to recuperate from the numbness. But it didn't seem like Thor was going to give him a chance to do that. Thankfully, Arnold had just the skill which suited his purpose.

The next moment, Arnold's armour was shrouded in a golden hue. He had called forth his guardian angel to assist him in the crucial moment. 

Thor realised and began pounding Arnold with all his might while the guardian manifested. He wanted to do as much damage to Arnold as he could because he knew, once the guardian angel had manifested completely, he would not be able to deal even the minuscule amount of direct damage to Arnold.

The Guardian would block all his damage. However, it wasn't as bad as one would think. With the strength behind his hammer, Thor would be able to deal an absurd amount of damage to the guardian. Which meant, he would be able to deplete Arnold's mana reserves. 

'No matter how strong he physically is,' Thor thought with a smile on his face, 'without his mana, he would not be able to do much. You got played, bastard and I'll make you pay with your life for what you did to Sif.'

Just the thought about his precious one enrage Thor even more and his attacks got even more brutal. By now, the guardian was in place and Arnold could let out a sigh of relief, though only for a moment as alarming notifications soon started to appear in front of him as soon as Thor began hitting Abdiel, the guardian angel.

'Trying to deplete my mana huh?' Arnold had a smile on his face, 'You think someone like you can do that?'

Thor was right, attacking Abdiel like that would definitely make Arnold use his mana to replenish Abdieal's lost health. But the thing he didn't know about was that Arnold no longer had the minuscule amount of mana that he once had. 

Considering the rate at which he was losing mana, it would take thor at least a dozen hours to dry Arnold's mana reserve. Thor might have assumed Arnold to be a fool by using Guardian angel at such a moment. When in fact it was a calculated move on his part to throw Thor off-guard while recovering from the shocks he had received. 

After that, Arnold quickly took out some status effect potions from his inventory and gulped them down while Abdiel was keeping Thor busy. The potions were going to take a couple of minutes to take effect and completely get rid of the stunning effect of the shocks. 

In the meantime, Arnold was getting prepared to put the raging god in his place, and he had just the thing he needed to do that. 

Thir had been hammering the guardian for ten minutes when he realised his plan might not work as easily as he thought. Each of his blows was strong enough to reduce a planet into dust, yet the guardian was not only holding against his attacks but attacked him at the same time.

Seeing no other way, Thor summoned all of his strength to break the guardian. The skies above started crackling as huge black clouds started swirling around Mjolnir. Thor was finally showing his strength as the god of thunder and the prince of Asgard. 

The lightning above illuminated his enraged face and he brought the hammer down on the guardian. The moment the hammer collided with the guardian, the loudest noise the universe had ever heard was let out along with an equally powerful shockwave that blew everything away, even the spectators who were looking at the battle from far above were not left untouched by it. 

As the dust settled down, the golden hue was no longer seen around Arnold. He had done it! Thor managed to destroy the guardian! The rogue god was now defenceless, or so he thought. The next moment, the happiness on Thor's face faded away as quickly as it had appeared. 

"Celebrating already?" Arnold opened his visor to witness the clear look of desperation on Thor's face, as the god saw what Arnold was holding in his hands. 

It was the same sniper rifle that Arnold had used to rip the world seed a few months ago on earth. And this time, Thor was its target.

Without wasting any more time, Arnold pushed the trigger and Thor was blown away in the sky.